Prior to Star Trek, Wolvington was a sound editor on the television series Ripley's Believe It or Not and Max Headroom (the latter starring Matt Frewer), the mini-series Fresno, and the 1986 film Where the River Runs Black. He shared Emmy nominations for his work on an episode of Ripley's in 1985 and a segment of Fresno in 1987 (with Bill Wistrom, Steve Pederson, Brad Sherman, and Jon Johnson) and shared an Emmy win for his work on an episode of Max Headroom in 1987 (with Brad Sherman, Doug Grindstaff, and Richard Corwin). He also shared an Emmy win for his sound editing on the 1986 TV movie Unnatural Causes (starring Alfre Woodard and with sound crew Mace Matiosian and Jon Johnson) and an Emmy nomination for the 1991 TV movie Ironclads (starring Virginia Madsen and with Mace Matiosian).